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WEPSI Projects
1. Pacific NW Multi-Stakeholder
Meetings WEPSI includes the eight-state western region of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Organizers are involved in several projects in the region. 1. Pacific Northwest Multi-Stakeholder Meetings (WEPSI-NW)WEPSI-NW Subgroups In order to assure that WEPSI participants can talk openly without concern about being quoted out of context, a draft "Ground Rules for Communications" (PDF) is proposed to the participants. WEPSI-NW organizers are representatives from federal, state and local agencies, nonprofits, manufacturers and recyclers in the four-state region of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. This multi-stakeholder dialogue began on July 18, 2001, in Portland, Oregon, and included five meetings held in the Pacific Northwest. These meetings brought together manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, recyclers, non-profit organizations, government and others to provide input to the NEPSI process and to develop an agreement on the characteristics and features of a sustainable product stewardship system. This system will seek to internalize motivations to design and produce environmentally-friendly products, rather than simply to mandate actions, and to recover electronic products for reuse and recycling at the end of their useful lives through means that are as consistent as practical throughout the western states. The agreement will be formalized in an Action Plan to be published in August 2002 that highlights activities that government, industry and non-profit organizations in the West can take to catalyze market and infrastructure development for product stewardship. Click here for organizing and stakeholder meeting summaries. The stakeholders formed subgroups, and researched four issues: design; policy and regulations; financing and market drivers; and the recycling system. For subgroup information, click here.
2. Materials for the Future Foundation Electronic Recycling Working GroupsMaterials for the Future Foundation (MFF) has hosted several Working Group meetings since November 2000. These Working Group meetings have brought together manufacturers, government agencies, recyclers and community based organizations to address issues relating to California computer procurement policies and the development of electronic recovery and recycling infrastructures. Visit www.materials4future.org/ELECTRONICS/elxindex.html for meeting summaries and schedules. Future Working Group meetings will cover: Alternatives For Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) Fee Structures For CRTs Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Working Group
3. Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)The Northwest Product Stewardship Council's (NWPSC) electronic equipment work group brings together manufacturers, local businesses and governmental agencies to incorporate product stewardship principles into the technology industry. To encourage manufacturers to adopt Product Stewardship practices, the NWPSC work group has developed A Guide to Environmentally Preferable Computer Purchasing. The Guide provides suggestions that will help buyers include product stewardship principles in purchasing criteria and bids. The NWPSC work group is also meeting with major computer buyers in the Northwest to learn more about their purchasing protocols and to encourage the integration of product stewardship principles into those protocols. The group is also contacting OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to learn more about products that incorporate product stewardship principles.
4. ResearchResearch on issues discussed and models proposed at stakeholder meetings, and other issues of concern such as toxics in electronic products, is being performed by many of the WEPSI organizers.
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